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Angel Jackson Salesian Basketball SportStar of the Week
Angel Jackson, Salesian Basketball’s 6-foot-5 inch USC-bound post is off to a great start. Jackson’s Pride team ranked among the top five teams in NorCal. Jackson is averaging 19.5 points and 11.5 rebounds through Salesian’s first four games. Her biggest scoring night came on Dec. 11 when she dropped... Read more
All-NorCal Girls Basketball ’17-’18
Beginning With Player Of The Year, Archbishop Mitty’s Haley Jones, It Was A Banner Year For NorCal Girls Talent • CLICK HERE For All-NorCal Boys Selections NORCAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Haley Jones, Archbishop Mitty-San Jose, Junior There’s not much Haley Jones can’t do on a basketball court. At 6-1,... Read more
Mitty too strong in the 4th to win over Lady Fighting Irish
Sacred Heart Cathedral kept it close, but Mitty too strong in the 4th to win 82-63 Story by George Pahulu, SportStars INSIDER. Photos: Matthew Aguirre   Archbishop Mitty Lady Monarchs of San Jose are led by All-American #30 Haley Jones, a junior, and are the current #1 team in the... Read more
Rising Forces
Here Are Five Teams Emerging From Under The Radar Just as Captain Renault suggested in the classic movie “Casablanca,” preseason rankings usually begin with this directive: “Round up the usual suspects.” But in the black-and-white world of basketball — there’s a winner and a loser every time out —... Read more
SportStars Joins So Cal Holiday Prep Classic
Coaches, players, college and university coaches, and of course our amazing fans are all welcomed to the So Cal Holiday Prep Classic in San Diego, this December 27, 28, 29, 30 for one of the largest in-season high school girls’ basketball tournaments in the Western Region. Each year more and more... Read more
Girls Hoops Showcase Showdown
NorCal Lands Late July End Of Trail NCAA Viewing Event • Story By HAROLD ABEND | Photo by SAMUEL STRINGER The historic End of the Trail that connected the Missouri River to Oregon City, and was explored by Lewis and Clark, has a new twist. The long-standing End of... Read more
Haley Van Dyke SportStar of the Week Basketball
SportStar Of The Week Campolindo Basketball Junior  Haley Van Dyke For Campolindo Basketball, it wasn’t a matter of what Van Dyke accomplished over the two-week CIF Northern Regional Division III tournament. It may be easier to list the things she didn’t accomplish in leading the Cougars to the their... Read more
SportStars’ All-NorCal Basketball Teams
THRILLING 30: Our first, second and third teams for boys and girls 2015-16 SportStars All-NorCal Basketball Teams BOYS FIRST TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR SOLOMON YOUNG | 6-7, Forward | Sacramento | Sr. The Dragons’ big man led Sacramento to a 30-win campaign that included a Sac-Joaquin Section Div.... Read more
Girl’s Basketball- Transition Game
In girl’s basketball there’s a rule of thumb about the constant traffic in transfer rumors: Believe them when you see the girl going to class at the school she’s supposedly going to attend. In the case of Sierra Smith, a starting guard for national-power St. Mary’s-Stockton last year, there’s... Read more
New Coach: Walk Softly & Win Games
We just got a new coach and he came in and changed everything without even talking to us about it. Now we’re all confused and it seems like we’re just starting over. Wouldn’t it make more sense to see who’s on the team and do some of the things... Read more
Sabrina Ionescu: Girl’s Got Next | SportStars Vault 2014
Miramonte’s Sabrina Ionescu Wore A Team USA Jersey Once Again This Summer, Adding To An Already Stacked Resume • This story was originally published in July 2014. Blinded by the light of professional sports – and of course, the money on the men’s side – it’s easy to overlook... Read more
Sabrina Ionescu Orinda – Basketball
Sabrina Ionescu has been all over the map this summer. She tried out for Team USA’s U16 team in Colorado back in May, made the team and then played for them in Mexico in June (they won gold). Recently, Ionescu’s led her Cal Stars team to tourney victories in... Read more